REACTIONS OF ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS SUCH AS ALLYL ALCOHOLS, ALLYL ETHERS, AND ALLYLAMINES USING trans-Mo(N2)2(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)80062-X

Double-bond migration of allylic alcohols and allylic alkyl ethers was catalytically effected with trans-Mo(N2)2(dpe)2(dpe=Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2).Decarbonylation occurred simultaneously in the case of allyl alcohol.Diallyl ether and allyl phenol ether gave the fragmentation products presumably through initial oxidative addition of the allyl-O bond.Allylamine was converted to N-propylideneallylamine and NH3.N,N-Dimethylallylamine was isomerized to N-trans-propenyldimethylamine, which was further transformed into 4-dimethylamino-1,3-hexadiene and dimethylamine on addition of oxygen.The catalytic allylation of methyl acetoacetate with allylic ethers and amines was achieved by use of trans-Mo(N2)2(dpe)2.